Learning Opportunities

2011-2012 Lake States Fire Science Consortium Webinars

We are pleased once again to be offering a series of webinars related to fire science. These webinars will cover a variety of topics from fire ecology to the application of tools for managing fire. We are also offering a Certificate of Completion for those that register, attend, and complete the short survey following the webinars. We will be using LiveHuddle to deliver the webinars.

Webinars do not require registration. We will activate the link to attend each webinar approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start. To determine if your computer and internet connection are sufficient, please see the following website (https://www.livehuddle.com/support.php?).

To view more information on each webinar use the links below.

Oct 20, 2011: LANDFIRE in the Lake States (R. Ziel)

Nov 17, 2011: Monitoring Fire Effects with FFI (D. Lutes)

Dec 15, 2011: A 350 Year Fire Record in Northern Wisconsin Woodlands (R. Guyette and others)

Jan 19, 2012: Using Prescribed Fire to Regenerate and Restore Red Pine Ecosystems - Research & Examples from Minnesota. (C. Kern and others)

Feb 16, 2012: Variability and Persistence of Post-fire Biological Legacies in Michigan Jack Pine Forests (Dan Kashian)

Feb 24, 2012: Unlocking the mystery of weather forecasts (Amanda Graning)

Mar 15, 2012: A Synthesis of Fire and Oak (Lee Frelich)

Apr 19, 2012: Making Sense of Wildland Smoke (Gary Curcio, Kari Fleegel, and Warren Heilman)

Lake States Fire Science Consortium Webinar Archive

Web Based Fire Weather for the Lake States. Robert Ziel (The Ohio State University), John Horel (University of Utah, Department of Meteorology) & James Barnier (Wisconsin DNR). May 2, 2011.

An Overview of the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Project and Field-Based Burn Severity Assessment (co-sponsored with Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Project), April 7, 2011.

Wildland Fire and Mercury Contamination in Soil and Water. Randy Kolka (US Forest Service, Northern Research Station) & Trent Wickman (US Forest Service, Superior National Forest). February 17, 2011.

Fire, Vegetation, and Birds in Northern Sedge Meadows - Lessons Learned At Seney NWR. Jane Austin (US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center) & Gary Lindsay (US Fish and Wildlife Service, Seney National Wildlife Refuge). December 16, 2011.

Webinars of Interest from Other Organizations

Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center, International Association of Wildland Fire, and Joint Fire Science Program (Webinar Archive)

Upper Midwest & Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative (Webinar Archive)

Online Training

National Interagency Fuels, Fire, & Vegetation Technology Transfer (NIFTT) Online Training (http://frames.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt/community/niftt/382/training/1659)

METED - Training Modules for the Geoscience Community (https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_detail.php?page=1&topic=6&language=1&orderBy=publishDateDesc)

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Smoke Committee (SMOC) Air Quality Education Resources (http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/smoc/)

Workshops

For more information on these workshops, please contact Robert Ziel (ziel.4@osu.edu).

Using the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) in the Lake States is a 16-hour workshop that has been delivered twice. Intended for students who have at least completed the NWCG course S290 (Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior), it includes both background concepts and practical exercises for making fireline assessments, considering prescription windows, and daily decisions.

Using FLAME for Fireline Fire Behavior Assessments is presented as an 8 hour workshop to reinforce the concepts and practice the skills required to make fireline assessments using the FLAME tools introduced in the NWCG course S290 (Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior).

Fuel Moisture Monitoring is conducted as a 2 hour web conference to introduce Lake States users to the National Fuel Moisture Database and prepare them for creating data sites and data entries for their locations.

Using the Composite Burn Index (CBI) is conducted as a 4 hour workshop in the field, where participants are introduced to the CBI protocol, practice data collection, and discuss uses and role in a burn monitoring program.

WFDSS Fire Behavior Tools is a 12 hour workshop where participants learn how to navigate the incident and analysis areas of the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS). Within the analysis section, techniques for evaluating landscapes, calibrating modeled fire growth and behavior, and making short-term, near-term, and FSPro projections to support decision-makers are demonstrated and practiced.



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